Headlight attachment



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Inventor PME', flz'cfier Patented Jan. 3, 1933 PAUL E. BRICKER, OF MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA HEADLIGHT ATTACHMENT Application filed April 19,

.Ihis invention relates to a head lamp attachment, the general object of the invention being to provide means for fully illuminating the road ahead of the vehicle while reducing and practically eliminating glare wlth means for deflecting some of the rays of light upon the front of the vehicle, so that drivers of approaching cars or vehicles can see the outline of the vehicle provided with the im- 9 proved invention.

A further objectof the invention is to provide means wherebythe attachment can be readily placed in the headlamp of a vehicle.

Thisinvention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifical- 1y pointed out in the appended claims.

. In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a front view of the attachment.

Fig. 2 is a rear View thereof.

Fig. 3 is a view partly in section showing the attachment in place in a headlamp.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view through the attachment.

In these drawings the numeral 1 indicates a cylinder or barrel which passes through a ring 2 which is provided with an opening of larger diameter than the barrel and said opening is preferably of vertical oblong shape. The outer part of the ring is connected to an adapter 3 by the screws 4, this adapter being preferably of the shape shown, and to its outer periphery is adapted to fit in the annular groove of a head lamp A which ordinarily receives the lens.

It will of course be understood that when the attachment is used, the lens is removed. By detachably connecting the ring 2 to the adapter, the store keeper can carry a plurality of adapters of different sizes in stock to fit different sizes of head lamps, and thus the r purchaser can buy the adapter suitable for J9 the lamps of his car, the rest of the device 1932. Serial No. 606,25

being usable with almost any size of headlamp.

A cover ring 5 fits around the barrel 1 and 13 adapted to cover the space between the barrel and the ring 2, and this cover ring is provided with the slotted ears 6 through which the screws or bolts 7 pass for attaching the cover ring 5 to the ring 2. By loosening the bolts, the barrel can be tilted in the ring 2 as will be hereinafter described. A bracket 8 is attached to each side of the barrel, said brackets lying in the same horizontal plane and the rear end of each bracket carries a pivot screw or bolt 9 which passes through a slot 10 in a V-shaped bracket 11 at each side of the barrel and these brackets 11 are connected to the ring 2.

The pivots 9 may be placed substantially at the center of the filament in bulb 12 which is carried by a socket 13 extending upwardly from the lower part of a housing 1a which is clamped to the rear end of the barrel 1 by the bolt 15 passing through the slit end 16 formed at the front end of the housing. A concavo-convex member 17 of glass with its convex face covered with reflecting material to form a mirror, is held in the rear end of the housing 14 by the split ring 18.

The barrel carries the front and rear planoconvex magnifying lenses 19 held in position by the coiled spring 20. A circular member 21 is clamped to the front of the barrel by a bolt 22 passing through the split end 23 of the member 21 and ring-shaped members 24 are supported in spaced relation from each other and from the member 21 by the spacing strips 25 and these members 2% gradually decrease in diameter from the rear one to the front one as clearly shown in Fig. 4-.

Thus the light rays passing rearwardly from the bulb 12 will pass through the glass of the mirror 17, striking the reflecting material on the convex side thereof so that the light rays are reflected forwardly over the same path they travel to strike the mirror and will concentrate at the bulb, joining with the direct rays from the bulb and passing through the rear lens 19 and then through the front lens 19, leaving the plane side of the front lens 19 at an angle that will cause 2 them to cross at the center of the member 24:.

The light rays striking therear faces of the members 2 L will be reflected'rearwardly and sideways, which will illuminate thefront of the radiator, fenders and wheels, sufficiently to dimly outline them so that drivers of approaching vehicles can readily seethe outline of the vehicle and said members 24 will prevent most of the interior structure from being visible from the front.

WVhile the members 24 are shown as ringshaped members, their exterior peripheries can be of any shape desired.

Curved brackets 26 are arranged at the horizontal sides of the barrel and curve downwardly and rearwardly, and are attached to the ring 2 and each bracket is provided with an elongated slot 27 for receiving I a screw or bolt 28 in an angle-shaped bracket 29 which in turn is adjustably attached to a bracket 30 on the barrel by the slots and screw connections shown generally at 31.

7 Thus by loosening the screws 9 and the screws of the connections 31, the barrel can be moved longitudinally in the ring 2, and by loosening the screws 28, the barrel can be tilted from a horizontal position, to an in- ,clined position, with the barrel sloping downwardly and forwardly. As beforestated, by

placing the screws 9, of the brackets 8 in the line of the filament, thisadjustmentwill not effect the focus points of the lenses 19 relative to the bulb. 7

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features I of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts provided that such changes fall within the scope ofthe appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. A headlight, attachment of the class described comprising a barrel, lenses carried thereby, means for supportingthe barrel in a lamp casing, a supporting member clamped to the front end of said barrel, spaced brackets carried by said last mentioned supporting member and extending forwardly thereof, a flat member connected with the forward ends of said brackets having a circular opening therein of less diameter than of the last mentioned brackets andthaving a circular hole therein ofless diameter than the hole in the intermediate member.

2. A headlight attachment of the class described comprising a barrel, lenses carried thereby, a bulb housing connected to the rear end of said barrel, a socket carried by said slots of the first mentioned brackets and fastened to the rear ends of the last mentioned I bracket, a curved bracket connected to the' front part of the supporting member and having a part curving downwardly and rearwardly, a slot in said'curv'edpart, a second bracket, means whereby said second bracket may be adjusted longitudinally on the barrel and a bolt passing through the second bracket and the slot in the curvedbracket. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. PAUL E. BRIGKER.

the diameter of the barrel with the outer periphery ofsaid member extending beyond the outer walls of the barrel, a plurality of spaced brackets supported from the last mentioned member, an intermediate flat member fastened to the last mentioned bracket and having a circular opening therein of less diameter than the opening in the first flat member, a plurality of brackets connected with the intermediate member and extending forwardly therefrom and a third flat member connected withthe forward ends ios 

